Kneeling in reverence with heads bowed respectfully, we dug our hands into bamboo containers and started offering morsels of sticky rice to the procession of monks who were quickly passing us by. “Don ...

Luang Prabang, in the north of Laos, is experiencing something of an economic boom. When the author of this article last visited in 2012, the city's central street and roadway, Sisavangvong Road, did ...

It is officially described as the best-preserved city in Southeast Asia, a bygone seat of kings tucked into a remote river valley of Laos. Luang Prabang weaves a never-never land spell on many a ...

It's early morning in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed city of Luang Prabang yet the sun bears down vehemently as if attempting to melt the gilt edges off its centuries-old temples. Tuk tuks whizz by ...

Our travels in Southeast Asia this past February included Luang Prabang, Laos. A UNESCO world heritage site, Luang Prabang is a small city with only 56,000 inhabitants. However, it was the capital of ...

There’s a single overriding reason to fast-track Luang Prabang to the top of any travel bucket list, and that is the railway line that is currently being built between Kunming, in China, and Vientiane ...

KUNMING, Sept 25 (Xinhua): The southwestern Chinese city of Kunming and northern Laos's city of Luang Prabang on Friday night (Sept 24) signed a letter of intent to forge sisterhood ties at a video ...

A teacher by profession, Ashley packed up her bags and headed to the city of Luang Prabang in Laos to volunteer with Global Vision International (GVI). Here’s her story. How would you describe Luang ...

If you’ve ever wondered what Asia must have felt like a century ago, before the Cold War conflicts that tore it apart, then the old city of Luang Prabang in north Laos is probably one of the few ...

VIENTIANE: Luang Prabang has been ranked 30th among the 50 Most Beautiful Cities in the World by the Conde Nast Traveler magazine. The Conde Nast Traveler website named the top five cities as Abu ...